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James C. Hormel: Fit to Serve
The core of James C. Hormel’s memoir, Fit to Serve, is the book’s subtitle: Reflections of a Secret Life, Private Struggle, and Public Battle to Become the First Openly Gay U.S. Ambassador. Born in 1933 in Austin, [...]
Books: Dead Ahead, Buyer’s Remorse, For the Ferryman, and Fit to Serve
Dead Ahead: A Jo Spence Mystery Jen Wright Clover Valley Press $14.95 The third in Wright’s Jo Spence series finds Jo jolted awake. She’d been flying, without a helmet, along Lake Superior and onto the [...]
Books: Black and Blue, Southern Fried, Gay Bar, and Castles
Black and Blue and Pretty Dead, Too: A Paul Turner Mystery Mark Zubro MLS Press $14.99 Black and Blue is the tenth book in the author’s Paul Turner series, which includes Nerds Who Kill and [...]
Give the Gift of Books: Keep True Colors Flying
“So – what do I want readers to know about True Colors? That we are OPEN!” said owner Ruta Skujins. “There was so much fuss about Amazon closing, “but relatively little about me buying it [...]
Interview: Author Alan Hollinghurst
Alan Hollinghurst, author of the recently-published The Stranger’s Child recently spoke to a packed house at Magers and Quinn Booksellers. Minneapolis is one of only five venues on Hollinghurst’s US tour, along with NYC, Philadelphia, [...]
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Father Tierney Stumbles John Shekleton iUniverse $16.95 Father Joe Tierney, a deeply committed (and closeted) pastor of the parish of Mater Dei, learns he’s HIV positive. Shekleton’s tale is set in a big city in [...]
Beyond the Poison Years
Bob Mould digs deep into self in new book Over a career that spans three decades, multiple bands and a multitude of classic songs, Bob Mould has usually let his music do the talking. In [...]
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Seeing Gertrude Stein: Five Stories Wanda M. Corn and Tirza True Latimer Most think of Stein as a wordsmith, and have some knowledge of her broad collection of artists of the day, but Five Stories, [...]
